Getting started with C++
How does one get started with C++? Where should an aspiring developer start? What books should they read? These are some questions that do the rounds of many developers who…
A short interview on Why is C++ still the answer?
Preemptive snarky comment: What is the question? J A few weeks back the awesome folks from the Microsoft Careers group and I had a short conversation about my book, how…
Modern C++ and Windows Store apps giveaway
BUILD 2013 is 9 weeks away. In anticipation of BUILD 2013, I am listing a giveaway for my book, "Modern C++ and Windows Store apps". Every week leading to the…
[Updated with purchase and discount links] Modern C++ and Windows Store Apps – A book about Modern C++ and native technologies
Over the past few months, I have been writing a book on developing apps using C++ and the various native technologies shipping as part of the Windows 8 wave. Some…
The power and flexibility of C++ or why you should write C++ apps for Windows 8 and beyond :-)
Last Friday, the C++ team in Redmond released source code for “Project Austin” a skunk works project that is essentially a note taking app. Check out the team’s announcement blog…
Running the Ocean Simulation AMP sample on the NVidia GeForce GTX 550Ti
As mentioned earlier, I upgraded my home machine GPU to a NVidia GeForce GTX 550Ti recently. I setup a USB hard disk with Win8 and Windows To Go (WTG) and…
C++ AMP contest
Beyond3D announced a contest calling for developers to implement a program using C++ AMP. Head over the their announcement site for more details and fine print. Good luck to…
Using JSON and C++ in Windows 8 Apps
The LiveSDK team has a bunch of exciting samples demonstrating using JavaScript along with HTML, C# with XAML to build apps that integrate Live services. Sadly however, a full blown…
Inside Auto vectorization in the C++ compiler
Jim Radigan from the C++ team is now in Channel9 explaining, in a series of videos, how the auto vectorization just works. http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/C9-Lectures-Jim-Radigan-Inside-Auto-Vectorization/Jim-Radigan-Inside-Auto-Vectorization-1-of-n
Targeting Windows XP with C++ in Visual Studio 2012
Support for targeting Windows XP with C++ in Visual Studio 2012 is coming. Steve Teixeira from the VC team has a post detailing the reasons, availability etc here